June 9th, 2021 Real time strategy, role playing and building games have become fertile training grounds for cutting edge artificial intelligence systems in recent years with digital competitors easily besting their human opponents in everything from StarCraft II and Dota 2 to Minecraft and Go. Now, Facebook is asking for the AI community’s help in bringing down NetHack — one of the most notoriously difficult titles in gaming history — and maybe help computers learn to simulate instances faster using fewer resources. NetHack is a tactical curb stomping that passes for a rogue-like dun...